Ken Chitester

Ken Chitester, APR, is communications director of the Chicago-based Appraisal Institute, the nation’s largest professional association of real estate appraisers with nearly 18,000 professionals in almost 50 countries around the world.

This was originally published by Appraisal Institute News Release and written by Ken Chitester. The nation’s largest professional association of real estate appraisers vigorously condemned today’s action by the National Credit Union Administration, calling the NCUA’s decision to effectively reduce the number of appraisals required for commercial real estate loans irresponsible, radical and dangerous. “This is an outlandish scenario for …